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Aug 23, 2021
Localism Agenda: Matching Skills Suppliers With Local Employers
Localism Agenda: Matching Regional Suppliers of Top Technical Talent with the Skills Shortage Needs of Local Businesses
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Aug 21, 2021
Funding Your Manufacturing Business: Getting the Finance you Need
Funding Your Manufacturing Business: Alternative Funding Options for your Small Manufacturing Business. How and where to get the crucial funding your business needs.
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Aug 21, 2021
Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE): Definitions and Benefits
Value Engineering is concerned with new products, whilst Value Analysis involves existing products. Both include reducing costs, improving function or both.
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Aug 17, 2021
Virtual and Augmented Reality: Making the factory of the future real
Virtual and Augmented Reality: Revolutionising complex product development and making the factory of the future a reality for today’s manufacturers
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Aug 04, 2021
Smallest Statue of Unity by STPL3D
To understand how big or small a statue is, one has to feel them. Surat-based STPL3D has created the world’s smallest 3D printed replica of the “Statue
Aug 04, 2021
3D Printing is a Genuine Transformative Technology!
How do I believe, okay let me explain: First of all, we should know about what is 3d printing? 3D printing or added substance manufacturing is a procedure
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Feb 21, 2021
Digital Manufacturing Advice: Digital Manufacturing 4.0
Digital Manufacturing Advice: Digital Manufacturing 4.0. Easy Access to Digital Manufacturing for small engineering businesses, CAD contractors & Freelancers
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Feb 21, 2021
Manufacturing Industry Advantages and its Importance
Technology and innovation go hand in hand. If there is no technological backing it will be really difficult for new innovations to take place in this highly
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Sep 07, 2020
3D Printing Industrial Examples
3D Printing Industrial Examples: A strictly industry-based look at how this inspirational technology is being exploited for better products
Jan 02, 2020
CAD Illustrations Benefits: Tech Docs, Marketing, Maintenance, Manuals
CAD Illustrations: 3DCAD is most effective when integrated with the whole product development process, assisting key stages including marketing & maintenance
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Jan 02, 2020
Engineering Negotiation and Persuasion: inc. Making Proposals
Engineering Negotiation and Persuasion: Managers need to negotiate and persuade others. Engineer may do this with suppliers or to acquire funds or resources.
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Jan 02, 2020
Kanban
Kanban: Parts are supplied to a workstation only when needed. It involves signalling to the previous workstation, the supply of parts needs replenishing
Apr 09, 2019
Product Development Business Strategy: Business Needs and Analysis
Product Development Business Strategy: Before starting your product development journey any project must be aligned to company objectives & contribute to aims
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Mar 03, 2019
Skills Shortage Answers - The Obvious Solutions
Skills Shortage Answers: Technical Recruitments Agencies, Targeted Advertising, Improved Pay and Understanding What Skills are in Demand
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Mar 03, 2019
Solving Skills Gaps
Solving Skills Gaps: Critical Skills Shortages – The Problem and Potential Solutions for You
Mar 03, 2019
Lean Manufacturing 5 Whys Problem Solving
Lean Manufacturing 5 Whys is a problem solving technique aimed at finding the root cause of an issue. Pioneered by Toyota, 5 Whys is a very simple method, yet it can be highly effective.
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Feb 15, 2019
Accelerated Ambitions: Employability, Coaching, Skills, Localism
Accelerated Ambitions: A Comprehensive Plan for Boosting Productivity through Employability, Qualifications & Skills, Matching Local Jobs to Talent, plus world class Coaching and Developing a Exceptional Work Ethic
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Feb 15, 2019
Emphasising Employability: Self Motivation and Work Ethic
Emphasising Employability: Self Motivation and Work Ethic. Developing the traits Employers Love
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Feb 15, 2019
High Quality Coaching: Developing Confidence and Ambition by Mentoring
High Quality Coaching:High Quality Coaching: Developing Confidence and Ambition through Mentoring
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Feb 11, 2019
Engineering Interview Tips: Time to Prove Are You Exceptional
Engineering Interview Tips: All your work so far is really aimed at one thing-getting you to interview. Having put so much effort into your preparation, you’ll want to perform at your best-Here’s how…
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Jan 17, 2019
Visibility Lean Manufacturing
Visibility Lean Manufacturing: This is the preferred management style. Managers and other employees are encouraged to get out and about on the shop floor or wherever the work takes place
Jan 17, 2019
Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a methodology that focusses on process improvement as a means to improve quality, through defect reduction. Pioneered by Motorola, Six Sigma is used widely in manufactung.
Jan 17, 2019
Costing Considerations and Cost Reductions
Costing Considerations are an important part of product development. Getting them right is quite simply the difference between market success and failure. We take a look at the key considerations.
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Jan 17, 2019
Costing Design Ideas Inc. Suppliers and Manufacturing Processes
Costing Design ideas: Practice estimating the cost of manufactured components by costing ideas early. If you have an internal buyer, tap into and spread their knowledge. If not, use regular suppliers
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Jan 07, 2019
Managing Research and Development: Practical Tips for Managing R&D
Managing Research and Development: Here you will find some practical R&D considerations, tips and hints, regarding practical implementation and the relevance to small manufacturers.
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Dec 29, 2018
3D Printing Materials: Selecting the Right Option for Great Components
3D Printing Materials: Selecting the Right Option for Great Components. Fully Understand the range of options available from polymers to metals
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Dec 29, 2018
3D Printing Jigs, Fixtures, Gauges and Manufacturing Tools
3D Printing Jigs, Fixtures, Gauges and Manufacturing Tools. How Production-based SMEs can justify and use 3D Printers
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Dec 01, 2018
Meet the Director Manufacturing
Meet the Director Manufacturing Specialist Mark Lynch, Advice Manufacturing Founder. See my experiences across industry sectors and professional credentials, which underpin our thinking and principles
Oct 16, 2018
Supplier Selection and Evaluation: Supply Chains and SMEs
Supplier Selection and Evaluation: Supply Chains and SMEs. Supply Chain Management, Analysis and Approval
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Sep 26, 2018
MSc or MBA: Choosing the More Appropriate Qualification for You
MSc or MBA: There are a number of distinct personal and business advantages of obtaining formal technical qualifications. As such, they are well worth engineers’ striving for.
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Sep 15, 2018
Professional Registration Engineering Council: The Engineering Council
Professional Registration Engineering Council: 36 institutions are licensing bodies of the ECUK. It regulates the engineering profession and maintains standards, particularly in competence and ethics.
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Sep 15, 2018
Engineering Career Routes - Academic and Vocational Paths
Engineering Career Routes: There are broadly speaking, academic and vocational routes to a fulfilling engineering career. They are both valid and valuable, and badly needed by industry.
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Sep 13, 2018
Review of 'How to find your Ideal Engineering Job' by Mark Lynch
This is a sensible and practical guide for success at every step of job hunting. Highly accessible, it effectively motivates and informs in an excellently
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Sep 13, 2018
Review of 'Successfully Managing your Engineering Career' by Mark Lynch
Clear, engaging, informative, fabulously rich. An effective way to get motivated, get organised and get informed for the career you want to lead. As a
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Sep 09, 2018
Salaries and Engineer Shortage
Salaries and Engineer Shortage: How Engineers Can Earn More
Sep 09, 2018
Technical Qualifications Benefits: Personal and Business Advantages
Technical Qualifications Benefits: There are a number of distinct personal and business advantages of obtaining formal technical qualifications. As such, they are well worth engineers’ striving for.
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Sep 05, 2018
3D Printing Manufacturing Methods Techniques, Processes, Technologies
3D Printing Manufacturing Methods: There has been a lot reported about 3D Printing, both within industry and in the media. Let’s separate the hype from what’s useful to engineers and manufacturers.
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Aug 29, 2018
Lean Manufacturing Outsourcing: Make or Buy? Broader Considerations
Lean Manufacturing Outsourcing: Should I make or should I buy? It’s a common question manufacturers routinely have to grapple with. It’s a decision of significant importance to remain competitive.
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Aug 29, 2018
Make or Buy? Outsourcing Considerations for Small Manufacturers
Make or Buy: Should I make or should I buy? It’s a common question manufacturers routinely have to grapple with. It’s a decision of significant importance if they are to remain competitive.
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Aug 26, 2018
Development Processes and Procedures: Best Performing Manufacturers 4:
Development Processes and Procedures: What the Best Performing Manufacturers Do - 4: Simple processes and procedures, working to a plan, managing risks, project management
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